Never stops being fun does it?

[zehydra]

Nope. That's just nostalgia, sir, and your fine memories of playing those games before.

Sure, there are loads of games that still hold up today and will hold up for many more, but, the truth is, if you put a person with no gaming beckground whatsoever and show him, let's say, the NES Bionic Commando and Just Cause 2, I'm fairly sure the latter one will be better.

that's not fair, Bionic Commando sucked.

Put him up with Just Cause 2 and Super Mario Land 3, and then lets see.

 

[Ace of Spades]

In JRPGs, certainly, but in everything else, not necessarily. Fallout 3's VATS system was all about spectacle, and somehow managed to build a game out of it. It's not the spectacle that's the problem, it's just being applied poorly. Turn-based RPGs aren't a genre you can easily base around spectacle without making the player feel like an unnecessary addition to the gameplay. FF13 was an absolute piece of shit, mostly due to completely cutting off the player from having any input on the combat, cutscenes, story, or really anything. You can literally win the game using nothing other than the X button and control stick, barring the occasional switch to a different paradigm.

 

[FieryTrainwreck]

Most of my favorite games of all time are fairly recent ones. Fallout 3, Saints Row 2, Red Dead Redemption, Final Fantasy XII and the Katamari games.

The oldest game I'd put in my top 10 (at #2) is Castlevania:SOTN.

I'm just the opposite. Nothing post-PS2 makes my top five.

You have my pity.

No worries. Someday, someone will pity you in turn.